An Ulster University professor caught up in the attacks on Friday night has spoken of how it was "total panic" on the streets of Paris.

Professor Paddy Gray, who is based in the Jordanstown campus of the University of Ulster, tweeted from the scene of the horrifying incident last night.

And speaking to Armagh I, Prof Gray explained just what it was like during the terror.

He said: "It was panic, total panic. I didn’t know what was going on. I was tweeting, taking photographs and didn’t really know what to do...

“I was a wee bit shaken but I’m OK now.”

The professor was watching the Northern Ireland match in an Irish bar when he realised what was happening.

He told BBC Radio Ulster: "Police told us to run and we started running down the street."

He added: "I ended up being pulled into this entry lane by these people and we were sat there for a while. The police were marching up and down all armed. All of a sudden this nice guy told us to come into his house."

France has declared a state of emergency after the gun and bomb attacks that are now said to have killed at least 128 people.

Victims were gunned down at bars and restaurants and around 80 people were reportedly killed after armed men stormed into the Bataclan concert hall.

Eight attackers were killed, it has been claimed.

Both the First Minister and Deputy First Minister took to Twitter to express their shock and sadness at the events.

The attacks come almost a year after the Charlie Hebdo atrocity, which took place in January and saw 12 people killed after gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical magazine.